[Thankfully, that one mushroom mistake was the only one they've made so far. But he's still going to take his time going through them, mostly as an excuse to be doing something more mindless for this part of this particular conversation. Mushrooms are pleasantly squishy and earthy, filling his nose with soothing nature scents.]

. . . I'm not gonna apologize. Or say something trite and comforting, like, that must be hard, or whatever. I'm not the right person for that. And apologies are cheap as hell.

But thanks. For telling me. You didn't have to. You're under no obligation to offer me any information about Chaldea on any level.